Jupiter LXIV

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/jupiter-lxiv

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the object classification?Irregular moon of Jupiter
2. What is the mean orbital distance?22,560,000 km (13,990,000 mi)
3. How does Jupiter LXIV get its orbit?It is an irregular moon, meaning it was likely captured by Jupiter’s gravity from elsewhere, like an asteroid or comet, instead of forming with the planet.
4. Where does Jupiter LXIV travel around Jupiter?It orbits far beyond the big Galilean moons, at an average distance of about 22.6 million kilometers (13.99 million miles) from Jupiter.

Irregular Satellite: A moon with a distant, inclined, and often retrograde orbit, typically captured.
Protoplanetary Disk: The rotating disk of gas and dust surrounding a young star from which planets form.
Gravitational Influence: The effect of a celestial body's gravity on other objects in its vicinity.